LibGuides: History: The Holocaust: Databases about the Holocaust

Journals

Below are a list of journals where you can find serious and scholarly materials relating to the Holocaust as well as the general subject of genocide, mass murder, and the abuse of power.

AJS review
American Jewish History
Dead Sea Discoveries
European Judaism
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Idea: A Journal of Social Issues
Jewish Quarterly Review
Jewish Social Studies
Journal of Jewish Education
Journal of Jewish Thought & Philosophy
Journal of Modern Jewish Studies
Modern Judaism
Prooftexts
Shofar
Tikkun
War Crimes, Genocide & Crimes against Humanity

Charles H. Kremer Papers

Available in the Lloyd Sealy Library Special Collections:

The Charles H. Kremer Papers

These papers document the life-long work of Dr. Charles Kremer to bring Nazi war criminal Archbishop Valerian Trifa to justice. Kremer was also for many years president of the United Roumanian Jews of America, later called the Rumanian Jewish Federation of America, Inc, the Committee to Bring Nazi Criminals to Justice in U.S.A, Inc.

Finding Aid for the Charles H. Kremer Papers

Online Encyclopedias

Encyclopaedia Judaica by Macmillan Reference U. S. A. Staff
ISBN: 9780028660974
Publication Date: 2006-12-01
Includes more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists.
The Holocaust Encyclopedia by Judith Tydor Baumel; Walter Laqueur (Editor)
ISBN: 1281728845
Publication Date: 2010-01-10
The Holocaust Encylopedia is the only comprehensive single-volume work of reference providing both a reflective overview of the subject and abundant detail concerning major events, policy, decisions, cities, and individuals, Up-to-date and designed for easy access, the encyclopedia presents information on the major aspects of the Holocaust in essays by scholars from eleven countries who draw on a number of sources.
Atrocities, Massacres, and War Crimes by Alexander Mikaberidze (Editor)
ISBN: 1598849255
Publication Date: 2013-06-25
Both concise and wide-ranging, this encyclopedia covers massacres, atrocities, war crimes, and genocides, including acts of inhumanity on all continents; and serves as a reminder that lest we forget, history will repeat itself. The 400-plus entries in Atrocities, Massacres, and War Crimes: An Encyclopedia provide accessible and concise information on the difficult subject of abject human violence committed on all continents.

On Shelf Encyclopedias

Holocaust Literature: An Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Works by S. Lillian Kremer (Editor)
Call Number: Reference HV6322.7 .E532 2005 v1-3
ISBN: 9780415929851
Publication Date: 2002-12-20
"This outstanding comprehensive sourcebook of the worst in human behavior throughout history also includes instances of some of the best responses. It is aimed at the adult general reader but will be valuable for both specialists and older students studying the destruction of a people. The topics comprise the diverse aspects of crimes against humanity--acts and consequences, cultural memory and representation, international institutions and laws."
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust by Israel Gutman (Editor)
Call Number: Reference D804.3.E53 1990 v1-4
ISBN: 9780028960906
Publication Date: 1989-10-01
Published by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Remembrance Authority in Israel, the Encyclopedia contains hundreds of entries and was a winner of the 1990 American Library Association’s Dartmouth Medal.
Encyclopedia of Genocide by Israel W. Charny (Editor)
Call Number: Reference HV 6322.7 .E53 1999 v1-2
ISBN: 9780874369281
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Written by almost 100 experts from many countries, the Encyclopedia of Genocide charts the full extent of this horrific subject including the Nazi Holocaust as well as other genocides such as in Armenia, Cambodia, Rwanda, and the former Yugoslavia.

Databases

The databases below are recommended for students who are looking for scholarly materials concerning the Holocaust. Each of the databases listed below deals with the humanities and includes materials dealing with history and historical questions.

Academic Search Complete
Access to articles from magazines and peer-reviewed journals, as well as books, conference papers and proceedings, and educational reports from almost all academic areas of study.
Biography Reference Center
Original biographical profiles plus feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches, obituaries, and images.
Gale eBooks (Gale Virtual Reference)
Hundreds of specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical directories and other reference books in the subject fields of criminal justice, economics, history, literature, psychology, religion, science, world cultures, and more.
Historical Abstracts
Provides access to academic historical journals that cover the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Coverage is from 1955 to the present.
JSTOR
A searchable collection of the complete runs (minus the most recent 2 to 5 years) of hundreds of the most significant scholarly journals.
Project MUSE
An interdisciplinary collection of high quality, peer reviewed journals.